The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-09
From THE FOUR CORNERS.

4 loss OF two million dollars was sus-
tained by Nebraska last year through the
cattle fever.
a PRIZE OF one hundred thousand dol
l.rs is being raised by the bIsiness men
OF Buffalo 10 be awarded Tor the best
device of utilizing the vater-power cf
Nlagora.
MIxSEsorA has ono OF the richest Iron
ore deposits on the continent. Numerous
companies are o, ,anizinG TO develop the
rcputed great mineral wealth located N
tn Nermillion rangn.
A GAs-BEAR;NG district has been dis
covered in Cana IN on the nor. b shore OF
the river 81. Lawrence, not far from
Montreal. Companies aTo forming tor
the purpose OF putting in wells.
FRAHCE IS un loubtedly the wine-drink-
ing nation OF the world. Reliable statis.-
j, ) p.accs its annual Copsuption per cap
ita at thirty-four gallons against less than
ole-hAf gallon per capita OF ther o.hs n
tions.
The city OF New York has about TWEEN
~ large steam bakeries givin. employ
ment 10 several hundrel men. These,
il Is estimated, turn out daily over seven
ty-iive thOusan loves, consuming for
the purpose nearly Ihre. hundred barrels
OF -four.
THERE were GO0.O0O bushels OF cranbar-
ries rais,l in ths Unite States las, year.
The ,ading States in their growth ar
Massachusetts, New Jers ", Wisco1 sin
an Connecticut. New Jers ~ a.ol. has
over five thou5.ia1 acres uaIer cLlt-T.-'
ton.
II Algeria there Is = small stream
VIII ch the ch mistry o. nature has con-
v,.It I'll into true ink. l. is formed by the
union OF two rivulets, one OF which IS
very strongly inpr1gnIted with iron,
Will. I. c o;her, mcandering throu Ia
y 1T marsh, Imbibe5 gallic aci |, another
Ingredient in the formation o. ink. Let
tiers AMI other manuscript matters ars
satisfactorily written with this Singular
natural compound OF iron an gallo acil.
KY WEe- is peculiar city, an ~
f0r, very little from a West Indian town.
Half OF the population IL conoosei Of
negro =, not the Southern variety, but
.groes iro n the Bahamas, who spc ak r
COckney dialect. Another oulrycr Is
compose OF whites from tn Baham2s,
VIII al1D speak like c)c.n US, al! ars
generally known as "COnch1.' The re-
IIainiug gu Tt"r Is composed Of CunAns,
and tn tai population IS nearly 255JG
X tho ci Y mu-cum at NurcnhurE is
4 Vehicle thong II to be ths prOtOtyp OF
ihs lr.Cy,l OF tn, present. 1t - built
in the early part OF tn sevcnt .en n
injury 10y the inventor, n Lam, watch
maker OF Altlo~i, for the purpos; OF
wheelin. himself ABOUT tn, Goa itry.
The machine was 1t first cons lrICfci
! with three wheels but WIS transform Il
! mo a foIr-wheelra vehicle an was pro-
p II "a h. hand-Cr1nk4 with 10, rry
motion, turning cos-wAecB oa the for
! w-.rl axle.
TIE description OF a very strange hcing
! is related il recent issue OF the Atlanta
! Co,.i t,uiDl, who, when the torud breath
! OF SUNNI r Is II its ficrcest, remains
( clothed in woolens and experiences 10
/ iuconv nence unless II br throu-a lack
/ OF warmth; while IN the most fri=i
wint-r weather he becomes hated an
| oppressed ~ thoIgh suif ring the effects
! oi i tUrrid wave. According To the ac-
! count this popularity has been his tor
I infancy, AMI s"icn-' :" "'-r - -"''
rttcrly failed TO develoPe the cause cf
! lis strange condition.
THE suDerinten lent of te,egraphs 1T
| Rome has Just issued an order iorbI !
| in the employment OF NO nen IN tnH
offices The reasons for this backward
! step ar not given, and are unkn p%n-
! T4Crc has been NJ complaint against
tn iema.c employees Of tbs telegraph
stations On In contrary they haTv nc
| Quilted the lives 10 the gene Al sItls-
iacti II, showing grsat Capa ity AM as
ri uitv. In fact they have proved them
selves model administrators not justify
iny 2 single on OF the mahgn pr
| ti tons made " hen this innovation WIS
a,lopte l. II would seem that the Italian
/ Government has by no me ia, freed IL
sid oI the CIcmea.s OF oll-logyIs.n.